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A study of relationship between problems and empowerment

2.
Introduction
• Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in the
country with a population of 16.6 crore (2001
Census). It is also the fourth largest state in
geographical area covering 9.0 per cent of the
country’s geographical area.
• According to the Uttar Pradesh Govt. sources,
female life expectancy is less than 55 years and
the under-five mortality rate is as high as 141 per
thousand.
• Female literacy situation in Uttar Pradesh is
dismal with the literacy rate for females being
abysmally low at 42.98% as against 70.23% for
males.

3.
Contd.
• After various efforts by government, NGO’s
and social scientists the phenomenal women
empowerment is not taking real shape due to
the ignorance of nutritional status in rural
areas.
• Girls are less encouraged than boys to
participate in and learn about the social,
economic and political functioning of society,
with the result that they are not offered the
same opportunities as boys to take part in
decision-making processes.

4.
Need of the Study
• It has the social relevance to study the problems of
girls because from the beginning of their lives, girls are
socialized to accept male domination and ignore their
own needs.
• Discrimination against the girl child in health,
nutrition and education is heightened in adolescence.
• The study aims at the educational and health problems
of the adolescent girls in Uttar Pradesh in relation to
their Empowerment Level.
• It is hoped that this attempt would contribute towards
creating safer and supportive environment for the
holistic development and improved status of
adolescent girls of UP.

5.
Objectives of the study:
• To study the empowerment level of adolescent girls of Uttar
Pradesh.
• To study the level of educational problems of adolescent girls of
Uttar Pradesh.
• To study the level of health problems of adolescent girls of
Uttar Pradesh.
• To study the relationship between the educational problems
and the empowerment of adolescent girls of Uttar Pradesh.
• To study the relationship between the health problems and the
empowerment of adolescent girls of Uttar Pradesh
• To study the difference in the empowerment levels of
adolescent girls of Meerut and Ghaziabad.
• To study the difference in the educational problems of
adolescent girls of Meerut and Ghaziabad.
• To study the difference in the health problems of adolescent
girls of Meerut and Ghaziabad.

6.
Hypothesis of the study:
• There is no significant relationship between the educational
problems and the empowerment of adolescent girls of
Uttar Pradesh.
• There is no significant relationship between the health
problems and the empowerment of adolescent girls of
Uttar Pradesh
• There is no significant difference in the empowerment
levels of adolescent girls of Meerut and Ghaziabad.
• There is no significant difference in the educational
problems of adolescent girls of Meerut and Ghaziabad.
• There is no significant difference in the health problems of
adolescent girls of Meerut and Ghaziabad.

7.
Methodology
• Design of the study: In the present study
descriptive survey method was used.
• Sample: A purposive sample of 150
adolescent girls studying in senior secondary
schools in Meerut and Ghaziabad was taken.

13.
Contd.
• There is no significant relationship between the
educational problems and the empowerment of
adolescent girls of Uttar Pradesh.
N
Meerut
Ghaziabad
‘r’
Level of
Significant
75
75
0.97 At 0.05 and 0.01
SIGNIFICANT

14.
Contd.
• Ho2: There is no significant relationship between
the health problems and the empowerment of
adolescent girls of Uttar Pradesh.
N
Meerut
Ghaziabad
‘r’
Level of
significance
75
75
0.94 At 0.05 and 0.01 SIGNIFICANT
level

15.
Contd.
• Ho3: There is no significant difference in the
empowerment levels of adolescent girls of
Meerut and Ghaziabad.
N
Meerut
‘t’
Level of
Significance
75
0.3 At 0.05 and 0.01 NOT SIGNIFICANT
Ghaziabad 75 1
Level

16.
Contd.
• Ho4: There is no significant difference in the
educational problems of adolescent girls of
Meerut and Ghaziabad.
N
Meerut
Level of
Significance
75 0.26 At 0.05 and 0.01
Ghaziabad 75
‘t’
NOT
SIGNIFICANT

17.
Contd.
• Ho1: There is no significant relationship
between the educational problems and the
empowerment of adolescent girls of Uttar
Pradesh.
Health
Problems
Meerut
Ghazibad
N
‘t’
Level of
Significance
75
75
0.29
NOT
At 0.05 and 0.01 SIGNIFICANT

18.
Major Findings
• There is positive significant relationship between health
problems and empowerment, which indicates that the
good health leads to high empowerment level among
girls.
• There is no significant difference between the
empowerment levels of adolescent girls of Meerut and
Ghaziabad.
• There is no significant difference between the
educational problems of adolescent girls of Meerut and
Ghaziabad.
• There is no significant difference between the health
problems of adolescent girls of Meerut and Ghaziabad.

19.
Implications
For Administrators and Principals:
• Efficient and trained teachers should be appointed.
• School timings and holidays should be planned
according to the local needs.
• In order to make the appropriate curriculum, stress
should be given on inclusion of social work to
develop life skills and empowerment level of girls.
• Good quality of food should be distributed under
Mid- Day Meal policy to ensure good health of the
children.
• Free medical checkups should be organized at
regular interval of times, in schools.

20.
For Teachers
• Present study will help the teachers to
understand the problems of the girls and help
them to solve their problems.
• Girls may be encouraged and helped to choose
the subject according to their interest and ability.
• Girls should be educated about menstruation
cycle and about health and hygiene during the
cycle.
• Sex education should also be given at school level
to avoid teenage pregnancies.

21.
For Parents
• Few parents have shown less interest towards the
girl’s education; this study will make aware them
about the health and education related issues of their
daughters and would be able to eliminate such
problems to improve their empowerment level.
• Parents will also encourage their daughters to go for
higher education also.
• Parents will come to know about various government
policies related to girls’ education like- Ladli Yojna,
Kishori Shakti Yojna and Sarva Shikhsa Abhiyan.
• Parents would encourage their daughters to
participate in various social activities to improve their
empowerment level.

22.
For Policy Makers
• Girls are capable of doing any thing but they are not
getting proper environment and opportunities to
develop their talents. So the formulated polices must
be religiously implemented.
• Also, they are less informed so in remote areas
awareness among parents and girls may be spread
through mass media: - posters, TV, Radio or Short films.
• Lack of awareness among the parents owing to the fact
that majority of them illiterate does not allow them to
open up. In this respect awareness campaigns need to
be launched to convince that girls have equal right to
get education like their brothers.

23.
Conclusion
• In the present study the investigator aimed to have
study of relationship between educational and health
problems and empowerment of adolescent girls of UP.
• For this purpose 150 adolescent girls have been taken
as sample.
• This study indicates the positive relationship between
problems (educational & health) and empowerment.
• The study implies that better educational and health
facilities for girls leads to high level of empowerment.